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Holidays are about celebrations, and with all of the festivities going on this time of year, we thought this would be a great time to post our remedies to ease your hangover pains. The best cure for a hangover is preventing one from happening in the first place, but if you over did it, you [...]

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Have you ever wondered how Champagne was made? Here is a quick and easy reference guide that walks you through the process visually in 9 easy steps. Learn how grapes make their way from vineyard to bottle—through pressing, fermentation, blending, ageing, riddling, disgorgement and dosage, all while learning about the grapes, soils and regions from [...]

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There has been a lot of debate on whether champagne labels should carry disgorgement dates. Some critics favor the idea while others do not. The fact that more and more producers are adding this information to labels seems to show precedence in favor of the practice. Why is this? Because wine disgorged six months ago [...]

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Commercial winemaking has improved so widely that it is now quite uncommon to find a wine that is flawed beyond consumption. Unacceptable wines do exist, however, particularly among those made: in newly-emerging wine regions; or by neophyte winemakers; or even occasionally by well-respected winemakers. A brief discussion of the more common wine faults should help [...]

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Wouldn’t it be cool if we could taste wine together virtually? That was the question echoing in the Webosphere just a few years ago. Sure, the technology was there, but it was slow and stodgy. I’d rather remove the “d” in stodgy, replace it with a stogy and puff slowly on a Cuban Partagás or [...]

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If you are in the food and wine industry and want to learn how to take stunning photos, do I have a workshop for you! David Duncan Livingston is heading up a class on how to develop a photographic story that is on brand and beautifully photographed. David has over twenty years experience and his [...]

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